Iowa officially launched its stand-alone Business Specialty Court on September 1st. The launch marks an exciting new chapter for the state’s specialized business litigation forum. Senate File 639 made the Business Court permanent. The court aims to resolve complex commercial and business disputes more quickly. Primary Aims of the Iowa Business Court: Efficiency and Cost […]

DES MOINES, IOWA — Ben Erickson is a partner and lead trial attorney at Grefe & Sidney, P.L.C. Recently, he secured a complete summary judgment victory for his client. Specifically, the ruling came from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Federal Insurance Dispute The case was John Nisley and Anne […]

Grefe & Sidney attorneys Aaron W. Lindebak and Andrew D. Hall successfully represented Defendant Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa in a breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit. The case, Shelley West v. Farmers Mutual Hail Company of Iowa (Case No. LACV013322), was heard in the Iowa District Court for Clarke County. The Core Dispute […]

The Bottom Line for Insurers The Iowa Supreme Court recently delivered a strongly defense-favorable ruling for claims involving statutory immunity, affirming the dismissal of an $18.2 million personal injury lawsuit. The Court reaffirmed that the Iowa Domesticated Animal Activities Act (Iowa Code ch. 673) provides robust protection against liability and clarified that plaintiffs cannot easily […]

DES MOINES, IOWA — Grefe & Sidney Partner Ben Erickson recently secured a significant victory for a national contracting firm in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The federal court granted a complete dismissal in a high-stakes construction damage dispute involving multi-million dollar utility infrastructure. Strategic Defense  Representing the defendant, […]